# अतीत
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अतीत (atīta).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ə.t̪iːt̪/, [ɐ.t̪iːt̪]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

अतीत • (atīt) (indeclinable)
* elapsed, done, passed
    Synonym: बीता हुआ (bītā huā)
* former, previous
* liberated, freed [with से (se) ‘from’]
* (euphemistic) dead; late

### Noun

अतीत • (atīt) m
* the past
    Synonym: भूतकाल (bhūtkāl)

#### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अतीत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “अतीत”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘀𑘝𑘲𑘝 (atīta, “transcended”), from Sanskrit अतीत (atīta).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ə.t̪it̪/, [ə.t̪iːt̪]

### Adjective

अतीत • (atīt)
* passed, surpassed, transcended, gone by

### Noun

अतीत • (atīt) m
* (rare) the past
    Synonym: भूतकाळ (bhūtkāḷ)

#### Declension
### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अतीत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “अतीत”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* atīta (Latin script)
* 𑀅𑀢𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* অতীত (Bengali script)
* අතීත (Sinhalese script)
* အတီတ or အတဳတ or ဢတီတ (Burmese script)
* อตีต or อะตีตะ (Thai script)
* ᩋᨲᩦᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ອຕີຕ or ອະຕີຕະ (Lao script)
* អតីត (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄖𑄩𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

अतीत
* Devanagari script form of atīta

#### Declension
### Noun

अतीत m
* Devanagari script form of atīta

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অতীত (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬢᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
* অতীত (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰝𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀢𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* အတီတ (Burmese script)
* અતીત (Gujarati script)
* ਅਤੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌤𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦠꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂞𑂲𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಅತೀತ (Kannada script)
* អតីត (Khmer script)
* ອຕີຕ (Lao script)
* അതീത (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᢠᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘝𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠠᢐᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑦽𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐟𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
* ଅତୀତ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢡꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆠𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖝𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
* අතීත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩫𑩑𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚙𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
* அதீத (Tamil script)
* అతీత (Telugu script)
* อตีต (Thai script)
* ཨ་ཏཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒞𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨙𑨁𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From अति (ati, “over; beyond”) +‎ इ (i, “to go”, root) +‎ -त (-ta, past participle suffix).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ.tiː.tɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐˈt̪iː.t̪ɐ/

### Adjective

अतीत • (atīta)
* dead, passed on
* abandoned, left behind
* passed, surpassed, gone by

#### Declension
### Noun

अतीत • (atīta) n
* the past
** c. 150 CE – 250 CE, Nāgārjuna, Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 19.1:प्रत्युत्पन्नो ऽनागतश् च यद्य् अतीतम् अपेक्ष्य हि । प्रत्युत्पन्नो ऽनागतश् च काले ऽतीते भविष्यतः ॥pratyutpanno ʼnāgataś ca yady atītam apekṣya hi. pratyutpanno ʼnāgataś ca kāle ʼtīte bhaviṣyataḥ.If the present and the future were to have reference to the past, both the present and the future would have been in the past time.

#### Declension
### Descendants

* Pali: अतीत (atīta)
** → Middle Chinese: (calque) 過去 (MC kwaH khjoH, “the past”)
* → Hindi: अतीत (atīt)
* → Kannada: ಅತೀತ (atīta)
* → Old Marathi: 𑘀𑘝𑘲𑘝 (atīta)
** Marathi: अतीत (atīt)
* → Tocharian B: atit

### References

* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अतीत”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Monier Williams (1899) “Atîta”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 16/2.